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A WKDDTNO nWITATION.
SEHMON lREACHUD BY Dn. TAL
MAGE ON SUNDAY, MAY 10.
It Was I'rrc.dril liy llir ltiiitlmn by tlm
Dorlor nf n Ntuulmr nf Infant, xt 1 1 1 1
Water llrmiglit from llio Itlver lor
ln. HllooKI.YN, Mny 10. Anlntorestlngcero
mony was performed this morning l (lie
llrooklym tabernacle la-foro tho sermon was
m cached. A number of Infanta who had
iieun brought tliuru by their parents worn
bnptlr.od. Tlio wntcr used was noino of
tlmt willed wim brought by Dr. Talmuge
from tlio river Jordan. '1'liu nmlii audlto
rlmn of tho Tubernuelu nnd tlio adjoining
rooms were cmwili'il by nn audience of
AnVCIl tllOUNIIIIll pCrSOIIS. TIlO Nllbjuct llf
Dr. Tnlmngo's sermon was "Invitation to
h Wedding," nml tlio tuxt l.uko xlv, 17,
"Como, for all thing aro now ready."
Holy festivities today. Wo gather other
sheaves Into the spiritual garner. Our joy
In llko tlm joy of Heaven. Spread thu ban
quel, fill nil tlio chalice. Wo aro not to
day at thu funeral of a dead Christ; wo aro
celebrating thu itmrrlngu of thu king's son.
AN KXCiriNd TI.MIC.
II wax nu exciting tlmo In Knglish history
when Queen Kllxiibeth visited l,ord Ibices,
tor nt Kunll wot th castlo. Tlio clocks In all
tlio lowers and throughout thu castlo weru
stopned at tlio inoineut nf hor arrival, ho
continuing to point to that moment iu tlio
one surpassing all others In lntere.it.
Tlio doom of thu groat banqueting hall
weru opened. Tlio iieen marched In to
thu sound of tlio trumots. Four hundred
servants waited upon thu guests. It was a
scone that astonished all nations . when
they heard of It. Five thousand dollars a
day did tho banquet cost as It wont on day
after day. Sim was greeted to tho pnlauu
Kates wlthlloattiiK Islands and torches and
tho thunders of cannon and ll reworks that
Hot tho night ablaze, and a hurst of uuislo
that lifted tho whole nconu into enchant
ment, llegluulug In that way, It went on
from joy to Joy and from excitement to ex
citement and from rapture to rapture.
That was thu Kreat banquet that Iord
Leicester spread In Kenllworth castlu.
Cardinal Wolsey entertained tho French
ambassadors In Hampton Court. Tho Itest
cooks of nil thu land provided for thu tablu.
Thu guest ware kept liuutliiK in tho parks
nil thu day, no that their appetites might bo
keen, and thou in thu evening hour they
were shown into thu banqueting hall,
with (able aglltter with imperial plato and
nblush with thu very costliest wines, and
tho second course of thu feast was made.
of food In nil shapes, of men nml birds and
beasts, nnd dancing Kroups, and Jousting
parties riding upon each othor with up
lifted lances. lmls and princes nnd am
bossudors, their cups gleaming to tho brim,
drank first to tho health of tho king of
England, nnd then to tho health of the em
peror of France. That was tho banquet
that Cardinal Wolsey spread In Hampton
Court.
A (IHANDKIt KNTKIITAINMKNT.
Hut today, my brothers nnd sisters, I In
vito you to a grander entertainment. My
Lord, tho king, is tho banqueter. Angels
of God Aro tho cuplwarers, nil tho redeemed
nro tho guests; tho halls of otornnl lovo
frescoed with light and paved with joy and
curtained with unfading beauty nro the
banqueting place, the harmonies of eternity
nre tho music, the chalices of God aro tho
plate, and I am one of the servants como
out with invitations to all tho peoplo, And
oh that you might break the seal of the in
vitation And read In Ink .of blood, .and with
the tremulous hand of a dying Christ,
"Come, eome, forall things are now ready."
Sometimes there have been great disap
pointments at a banquet. The wine has
f;lven out, or the servants have been rebel
lous, or the lights have failed; but I walk
all around tho banqueting table of my
Lord today, nnd I find everything com-
Clete, and I awing ,open the door of this
anqucttng house nnd I say, "All things
are now ready."
Illustrating my text I go on, and tu the
first place say that tho Lord Jesus Christ
Is ready. Cardinal Wolsoy did not como
Into tho banqueting hall until the second
courso of the feast, and when ho entered,
booted and spurred, all tho guests arose
and cheered htm; but I have to tell you
that our banqueter, tho Iord Jesus Christ,
comes In nt tho bcgltiulngof tho feast. Ay,
he has been waiting for his guests, waiting
for some of them 18D1 years, watting with
mangled feet, waiting with hand on tho
punctured side, watting with hand on tho
lacerated temples, waiting, waiting!
Wonder It is that tho banqueter did not
get weary nnd Bay, "Shut thu door, and let
the laggards stay out."" No, ho has been
waiting. How much ho Is in earnest!
Shall I show youf I gather up all tho tears
that floodod his chock In sympathy, nil tho
blood that channeled his brow nnd back
and hand and foot to purchase our re
demption. I gather up all the groans com
ing from midnight chill, and mountain
hunger, and desert loneliness, and I put
them Into one bitter cry. I gather up all
the pangs that shot from cross nnd spike
and spear Into one groan. I take one drop
of sweat on his brow, and I put It updur tho
gloss of tho gospel, and It enlarges to lakes
of sorrow, to oceans of agony. That Christ
today, emaciated and worn and weary,
comes here, and with a pathos in which
every word Is a heartbreak and every sen
tence a martyrdom, ho says to you, and he
says to me, "Come, come, for all thlugs are
now ready."
AN BVKRLA8TINO rEAST.
Ahasuerus made a feast that lasted 180
days. This lasts forever. Lords and
princes were Invited to that. You and I
are invited to this. Yes, be has been
waiting he is waiting now. Other kings
wrap themselves iu robes of beauty and
power before they como Into a banquet.
So does Christ. Oh, be Is tho fairest of the
fair. Iu his hand Is the omnipotent sur
gery that opened blind eyes nud straight
cued crooked limbs and hoisted tho pillars
of heaven, nnd swung tho twelve gates
which nro twelve pearls. Oh, what a
Christ a Christ of beauty, a Christ of
power,
There are uot enough cups on earth to
dtp up this ocean of beauty. There nro
not ladders to scale theso heights of love.
Oh, thou flower of eternity, thy broth (s
tho perfume of heaven. Oh, thou day
break of tho soul, let all nations clap their
hands in thy radiance. Chorus! Come
men and angel and cherubim and sera
phim and archangel, nil heights, all depths,
all Immensities. Utiorusl Hon on through
the heavens iu chariot of universal ac
claim, over bridges of hosannu, under
arches of coronation, by the towers chim
ing with eternal jubilee. vChorusl Unto
htm that loved us and washed' us from our,
sins in bis owu blood, and made us kings
and priests uuto God, to htm be glory.
Ahl there is one word of Ave letters that
I would like to write, but I have no sheet
fair enough to write It on, and no pencil
good enough to Inscribe It. Give me a
sheet from the heavenly records, and some
pencil used by angel in describing a vic
tory, and then with hand struck with
6fe).KS
upcrnatural energy, and with pencil
dipped tu everlasting morning, I will write
It out In capitals of lovo, J-IvS-U-S. Jesus)
It Is this Ouu that Is waiting for you and
for me, foruo nru on tho miiiiu platform
before God, How long hu waited fur mill
How long ho has waited fur you! Waiting
asm banqueter waits for his delated guests,
tho meats smoking, and thu beakers brim
nilng, ami thu minstrel with his linger on
stiff string ready to strike at tho llrst clash
of tho hoofs at tho gateway. Waiting as a
mother waits for a boy that ten years ago
went nlT dragging her bleeding heart after
him. Waiting. Oh, can you not give me
snmo comparison lntene enough, Importu
nato enough, high as heaven, deep as hull
nnd vast as eternity? Not ux peeling that
you can help mu with such n comparison, I
simply say hn Is waiting as only nu all
sympathetic Christ knows how to wait for
a wandering soul.
How tho kneo nnd kiss tho Hon,
Como and welcome, sinner, como.
TIIK IIOI.V fil'IIHT 18 WAITING.
Hut I remark again, not only Christ Is
waiting, but tho Holy Spirit Is walling.
Why nro somo connotis n dead failure?
Why urn there songs that do not get their
wing under thu pcoplof Why are there
players that go no higher up than n hunt
er's halloo? Ilecausu tliuru Is a missing
link that only tho Holy Spirit can make.
If that Spirit should como through this ns
sumblago this morning theru would bo a
power felt llko that when Saul was un
horsed on tho road to Damascus, llko as
when I .yd la's heart was broken In her line
store, llko as when three thousand souls
woro lifted out of midnight Into mlduooii
nt tho Pentecost. Do you notice that some
times th.it Spirit takes nu Insignificant
agency to save u soul? I think it is very
often that at Just one passagu of Scripture,
jiiHl onu word of Scripture, n soul is saved
hecaufcotho Holy Spirit gives It supernat
ural power.
Do you know whnt It was that saved
Martin Luther? It wns tlmt onu verse,
"Thu Just shall llvo by faith." Do you
know what It was that brought Augiistlnu
from his horrible dissipations? It was
that onu verse, "Put yo on tho Lord Jesus
Christ, and mnku no provision furthollush,
to fulllll thu lusts thereof." Do you know
what It was that saved Hedluy Vicars, tlio
celebrated soldier? It was thu onu passage,
"liullovo In tho Ixird Jesus Christ and thou
shnlt bo saved." Do you know whnt It
was that brought Jonathan Kd wards to
Christ? It was tho onu passagu, "Now
unto htm ho glory forever ami ever."
One Thanksgiving morning in church I
read my text, "Oh, glvo thanks unto the
I)rd, for ho Is good," and a young man
stood In thu gallery and said to himself: "I
havo never rendered one acceptable oiler
Ingof grntttudutoUodluull my life. Here,
Lord, I am thiuo forever." lly that ouo
passago of Scripture ho was brought Into
tho kingdom, nnd If I might tell my owu
experience, I might tell how ono Sabbath
afternoon I wns brought to thu peaco of tho
gospel by reading of tho Syro-1'hooniclau's
cry to Christ whero oho sntd: "Even tho
dogs eat of tho crumbs that fall from tlio
master's tabic" Philosophic sermons
never saved nnylwdy. Metaphysical ser
mons never saved anybody. An earnest
plea going right out of tho heart blessed
of tho Holy Ghost, that is what saves, that
Is whnt brings people Into tho kingdom of
Christ
I suppose tho world thought that Thom
as Chalmers preached great sermons in his
curly ministry, but Thomas Chalmers says
ho never preached at all until years after
ho hod occupied a pulpit ho camo out of
his sick room, and, weak and emaciated,
he stood and told tho story of Christ to
the people. And In the great day of eter-i
inlty it will be found that not so much the,
eloquent sermons brought mou to Christ'
as the story told perhaps by those who
were unknown on earth, tho simple story
of the Saviour's lovo and mercy, sent by
tho power of tho Holy Ghost straight to
tho heart. Como, Holy Ghost. Ay, he Is
hero this morning. Ho Alls all the place.
I tell you the Holy Ghost Is ready.
TIIK CHURCH IS WAITINQ.
Then I go on nnd tell you tho church Is
ready. There aro toso hero who say, "No
ono cares for my soul." Wo do caro for It.
You bco n man bowing his head In prayer.
and you any, "That man is indifferent."
That man bows his head In prayer that the
truth may go to every heart. The atr is
full of prayers. They are going up this
morning from this assembly. Hundreds
of prayers straight to tho throne of n listen
ing God. Tho nlr is full of prayers pray
ers ascending noon by noon from Fulton
street prayer meeting, Friday night by
Friday night all over this land, going up
from praying circles. Yen, there is uot it
minute of nu hour of any day that there are
uot supplications ascending to tho throne
of mercy. Tho church is ready. And if
you should this morning start for your
Father's house there would bo hundreds
nnd thousands in this assemblage who
would sny If they knew it, "Make room
for that man, mnku room for him at tho
holy sacrament; bring tho silver bowl for
his baptism; glvo him full right to nil tho
privileges of tho church of Jesus Christ."
Oh, I know theru are those who say the
church is a mnss of hypocrites, but they do
not realty tliluK so. it la a glorious church.
Christ purchased It. Christ built it. Christ
swung nil its gates. Christ curtained It
with upholstery, crimson with crucifixion
carnage. Come into it. Como into It. I
do uot pick out this man or that man nnd
sny, "You may come." I say nil may como
whosoever will. "Como with us nud wo
will do you good. Tho Lord hath prom
ised good concerning Israel."
Wo aro a garden walled around,
Chosen anil made ccullnr ground.
A Utile plot Inclosed by grace
Out of tho world's wild wilderness.
COM El CO.MKl
Do not say you havo never been Invited.
I invito you now to tho King's feast. Onu
nnd nil. A)ll Alll Hut I go further and
tell you that thu angels nru ready. Somo
peoplu think when wu speak about angels
we nru getting Into tho reglou of fancy.
They say it is very well for n man when ho
has just entered thu ministry to preach
about tho angels in heaven, but utter ho
has gonu on further it is hardly worth
while. My friends, there Is not any more
eviduueo In tho lllble that theru Is a God
than that theru are angels. Did they uot
swarm around Jacobs ladder? When
Lazarus' soul went up did they uot ocort
It? Did not David say, "Tho chariots of
God are twenty thousand, even thousands
ofnngels?" Are they not represented us
the chief harvesters of tho judgment day?
Did not ono angel in ono night slay 180,000
of Sennacherib's troops?
Oh, yes, our world is In communication
with two other worlds. All that commu
nication Is by angels. When a bud man Is
to die, a limn who has despised God and re
jected the Gospel, the bad spirits como on
Isulphurous wing and they shackle him,
ana try to push him off thu precipices into
the ruin, and they lift u guffaw of diaboli
cal exultatlou. But there isnlineof angels,
bright and beautiful nud loving uugeU,
mighty angels, reaching all the way from
earth to heaven, nud when others gather
like them I suppose the air Is full of them.
They hover. They flit about. They push
Thoy nro
ready tu rejoice.
Look I Theru Is an angel from tho throne
nf Uixl. Onu moment ago It stood lc fore
Christ nnd heard tho doxnlogy of thu re
deemed, It Is huio now, llrlght Immortal,
whnt news from tho golden city? Speak,
spirit blest. Tlio answer comes melting on
tlio nlr, "Come, come, for all things are
now ready," Angels ready to liear thu tid
ings. Angels ready to drop thu benedic
tion. Angels ready to kindle thu Joy, All
ready. Heady, cherubim nud seraphim.
Heady, thrones and principalities nnd pow
ers. Heady, Michael tho archangel.
NO SYMPATHY WITH UODKItV HI'lltlTUAJ
IflM. Yes, I go further nnd say that yourglo
rilled kindred aro ready. I liavo not nny
sympathy with modern spiritualism. I
believe It is horn In perdition. When I sou
the ravages it makes with human intel
lects, when I seo thu homes It has duvas
tat til, when I seo thu bad morals that very
often follow iu its wake, I have no faith In
modern spiritualism. I think If John Mil
ton nud (leorge Whltollold havo nut nny
thing better to do than to crawl under
Rochester tables and rattlo thu leaves, thoy
had lietterstay homo in glory. Hut tho
lllble distinctly teaches that tho glorified
iu heaven nro in sympathy with our re
demption, "Theru is Joy In heaven among theanguls
of God ovuronu sinner that rcpenteth;"
nnd if tlio angels hear it do not our depart
ed kindred theru hear it? Thero nru thoso
there who tolled for your salvation, and
when they badu you good by tu tho last
hour, nnd thoy said, "Meet mu In heaven,"
theru was hovering over thu pillow tho
awful possibility that you might uot meet.
Hut, oh, thu pathos when that hand was
thrust out from tho cover nud thoy said
goodby. For how long good by was It?
Now, suppose you should pass into tho
kingdom of God this morning, suppose
you should say: "I'm dono with tho sins
of this world. Fie upon all these follies.
0 Christ! I taku theu now, I taku thy
service, I respond to thy lovo, thiuo nm I
forever." Why, lioforo thu tear of repent
ance had dried on your cheek, before your
first prayer had closed, thu angel standing
with thu messagu for thy soul would cry
upward, "Ho Is coming!" and angels pois
ing inldalr would cry upward, "IIu Is com
lngl" all along thu lino of light from door
way to doorway, from wing tip to wing
tip, thu news would go upward till it
reached thu gate, and then It would Hash
to thu house of many mansions and find
your kindred out, nnd thoso buforo tho
throuo would Hay: "ltejolcu with me, my
prayers aro answered. Glvo mu another
harp'wlth which to striku thu joy. Saved,
saved, saved!"
AUK YOU ItKADY?
Now, my friends, If Christ Is ready, nud
thu Holy Ghost Is ready, and thu church Is
ready, nnd thu angels of God aro ready,
nnd your glorified kindred nro ready, nro
you ready? I glvo with tho emphasis of
my soul the question, "Are you ready?"
If you do not get into tho king's feast it
will bo because you do not accept tho ear
nest Invitation. Arm stretched out soaked
with blood from elbow to finger tip, lips
quivering in mortal anguish, two eyes
beaming everlasting lovo' whllo ho says,
"Como, come, come, for all things aro now
ready."
At Kenllworth Castlo, 1 told you, they
stopped tho clocks when Queen Elizabeth
arrived, that tho hand of tlmo might point
to that moment as tho ono most significant
and tremendous, but if this morning tho
King should enter tho castlu of your soul,
well might you stop nil tho clocks and
have tho finger of tlmo pointing to this
moment as the one most stupendous in all
your life. Would tbnt I could como all
through these aisles nnd nil through these
galleries, not addressing you perfunc
torily, but tnk'ng you by tho hand as a
brother takes n brother by tho baud, and
saying to ono nnd nil to each, "Come, come;
the door is open; enter now nnd sit down
at the feast."
a01d man, God has been waiting for thee
lo'ng years. Would that somo tear of re
pentance might trickle down thy wrinkled
cheek. Has not Christ dono enough in
feeding thee nnd clothing thco nil these
years to win from thee ouo word of grati
tude? Come, nil the young. Christ is tho
fairest of tho fair. Wait not till thy heart
gets hard. Come, tho farthest nwny from
Christ. Drunkard, Christ can put out tho
11 ro of that thirst. Ho can restoro thy broken
home. Ho can brenk that shackle. Como
now, tol ay, and get his pardon nud Its
strength. Libertine, Christ know wiiuro
you were Inst night. IIu knows nil tho
story of thy sin. Como to hint this day.
Hu will wash nwny thy sin, nud ho will
throw around thee tho robo of his pardon.
Harlot, thy feet foul with hell, thy laugh
ter thu horror of tlio street O Mary Mag
dalenl Christ waits for thee.
And tho ono farther ofT, farther than I
havo mentioned, a case not so hopeful as any
1 havo mentioned, self righteous man, feel
ing thyself all right, having 110 need of
Christ, no need of pardon, no need of help
Ostlf righteous maul dost thou think
in those rags thou canst enter tho feast?
Thou canst uot. God's servant nt tho gato
would tear off thy robo and leave theu
naked nt thu gato. O self righteous maul
thu Inst to come. Como to thu feast. Como,
repent of thy sin. Come, take Christ for
thy portion.
Day of grace going nwny. Shadows 011
tho cliff reaching farther and further over
tho plain. Tho banquet has already be
gun. Christ has entered into that banquet
to which you nro invited. Tho guests aro
taking their places. The servant of tho
king has his baud on the door of thu ban
queting room, nnd ho liegins to swing it
shut. Now is your time to go iu. Now
Is my tlmo to enter. I must go tu. You
must go in. IIu is swinging the door shut.
Now, it is half shut. Now, it is three
fourths shut. Now, It Is just ajar. After
awhile It will bu forever shut!
Why w III 0 wnbtu on trilling cares
That life which UchI'b compassion spates?
Whllo In thu endless round of thought
Thu ono thing needful Is forgut.
What llemlii (lave Her.
"Tho governess was awful cross today,"
thoclilldieu said iutho evening. "Well,
mamma, maybu wu weru bad; but we soon
pucllled her. I gave her a big, rosy apple;
Fanny gave her a hearty kiss, and Fred
gave her a promise to lieliavo better hero
after." "And, Hessle, what did you glvo her?"
mamma asked or thu youngest.
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